Pinenut Color

#f8d9b8

Pinenut is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #072647
Complementary Color #b7d6f8
Color Shade: orange (30.94° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 84.71% (better contrasting with black)
Pinenut Color Sample
Pinenut Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f8d9b8

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pinenut Color. The Historic Cream color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Melón Meloso (#f2b88c) for more calm effect. Try Backlight as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b7d6f8 is the best complementary color to Pinenut. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f8d9b8 complementary color is Sail, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Dairy Cream are #f8b8b7 and #f7f8b7. Thus found on the left and right of #f8d9b8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Illusion and Astra colors as they work well with Pinenut.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pinenut palette consists of #b9b7f8 and #b7f7f8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b7d6f8). Try Perfume and Charlotte colors in combination with #f8d9b8, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #f8d9b8 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pinenut. Thus Perfume and Ice Cold giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pinenut contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sail, Gossip, and Chantilly split by 90° on the color wheel. #f8d9b8 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pinenut tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#b7d6f8) and two others. The Ice Cold is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chantilly – 120° from the complementary Sail. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b7f8d9 and #f8b7d6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f8d9b8 is made of 38% red, 33% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Pinenut has a hue angle of 30.94°, a saturation of 82.05% and a lightness of 84.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f8d9b8 is made of 0% cyan, 12.15% magenta, 25.09% yellow and 2.75% black ink.

HEX #f8d9b8
RGB Decimal rgb(248,217,184)
RGB Percentage 38%, 33%, 28%
CMYK 0, 12.15, 25.09, 2.75
HSL hsl(30.94,82.05%,84.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.94,25.81%,97.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.4682,5.8707,20.2191)
XYZ xyz(72.176,73.0429,55.642)
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